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Monday, February 17, 2014

Panel to conduct month-long survey of errant schools

A committee under the Karnataka State
Commission for Protection of Child Rights (KSPCR) will conduct a
month-long survey of City schools against which there have been
complaints of violation of the Right to Free and Compulsory Education
(RTE) Act.

The four-member committee, likely
to begin its work from October 25, will look to evaluate the schools
against a set of parameters such as compliance with the RTE Act and
guidelines against corporal punishment, the infrastructure such as
toilets, classrooms.

While priority will be given to the
complaints that have been lodged with the Commission, grievances of a
serious nature lodged with other child rights groups will also be
considered. The plan is to complete the survey of at least 30 schools by
the end of November. Nagasimha G Rao, Director, Child Rights Trust and
coordinator of the committee, said they were awaiting an official nod
from KSCPCR to begin work.

From NGOs

The other members of the committee are from non-governmental organisations such as Bachpan Bachao Andolan and Sparsha.

“We
will conduct a meeting on October 22 to get a clear picture of the
plan. The recomendations from the survey will be forwarded by the
commission to the Education department,” said Umesh Aradhya,
Chairperson, Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights,
said.